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Amid growing disputes within Germany’s governing coalition, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has demanded a fundamental “reorientation” of economic policy in a policy paper made public on Friday. Lindner, a budget hawk and the leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), has been sharply at odds with the rest of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition over budget issues, tax policy and how to boost Germany’s sputtering economy. In the paper, which was obtained by dpa after it was first published by Stern magazine, Lindner demands an end to the solidarity surcharge to finance rebui…